Issue Position: Protecting Our Veterans

Issue Position

Our veterans put their lives on the line for us, and we made a solemn promise to care for them in return. Unfortunately, while Michigan is home to 700,000 veterans, our state ranks behind all other states, Puerto Rico, Guam and Washington, D.C., in terms of per-capita spending on vets. Grand Rapids is fortunate to be the location of one of two of Michigan's veteran's homes. However, because of funding cuts, many of the veterans' direct care takers were laid off and replaced with contract workers who are paid as little as possible. After that change, I started hearing from veterans who said the quality of their care had decreased. I made several visits to the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans, and I am fighting to make sure our brave men and women who served our country get the quality care they deserve.

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